The AIM Institute for Learning & Research® is making literacy a priority across our communities providing professional training, partnering with researchers to put evidence-based best practices in the field of literacy to work.

At AIM, we form strategic partnerships to transform schools by connecting top researchers and practitioners with educators in the field to develop powerful new learning approaches and make them part of teachers' best practices.

From Wilson Language Training® opportunities to programs in other research-based methodologies, content in every professional development program AIM offers aligns with current best practices and is based on the most up-to-date research. Offerings—both on-site and online—constantly evolve to incorporate new findings.

More than 6,000 professionals and parents have participated in AIM Institute programming and access to experts opportunities. Our content and programming resources reflect the expertise of world-renowned researchers and experts in the field of early literacy and learning differences

About AIM

The impetus for the launch of the AIM Institute for Learning & Research®in tandem with AIM Academy in 2006 was the belief that there was research available to help teachers better serve children who were struggling to learn to read. The challenge we saw was that this research was not getting into the classroom and therefore many children were not making progress in the foundational skills that support proficient reading, spelling and writing. AIM’s vision was to create a bridge between this research and classroom practice. The critical framework for the “bridge” was teacher training and coaching based on evidence-based best practices. The goal was to create a professional learning community hub where top researchers and practitioners could advance the field of education working side by side.

Today that vision has become a reality with the launch of the IGNITE Center at AIM. At the center, Implementing Global Neuroscience In Technology and Education (IGNITE), AIM partners with global researchers and invests in technology to bring evidence-based practices to scale. AIM’s partnership with Haskins Laboratories' Global Language & Literacy Innovation Hub promises to accelerate the rate of research to practice in AIM’s partner schools throughout the region and beyond. AIM’s innovative technology platform, AIM PATHWAYS™, delivers highly interactive, comprehensive, evidence-based teacher training aligned to the IDA Knowledge and Practice Standards andthe published State Standards in Education.

The AIM Integrated Literacy Model supports the research by following the framework of one of the leading researchers in the research to practice movement, Dr. Hollis Scarborough. The Scarborough Reading Rope graphic is referenced by practitioners across the world because of its focus on the interwoven areas of Word Recognition and Language Comprehension as critical elements in supporting children to become skilled readers. AIM’s Integrated Literacy Model incorporates these elements into AIM Pathways courses for teachers.

As you become acquainted with the AIM Institute for Learning & Research via our website, we encourage you to visit the IGNITE Center, to tour our EEG Lab, learn about our Research Advisory Board, or register for one of our many teacher training sessions online or on campus. We hope to hear from you soon!

With warm regards,

Pat Roberts and Nancy Blair

AIM Co-Founders

Our Mission

The mission of AIM is to:

Develop a center for educational excellence and professional development to disseminate best practices to educators by providing access to the latest research-based curriculum, technology, and training.

Provide extraordinary educational opportunities to children with language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, utilizing research-based intervention strategies and an arts-based learning environment that is college preparatory in scope and sequence.

The AIM Institute for Learning & Research® was created as a center for educational excellence and professional development disseminating to educators the latest research, technology, and best practices in the fields of literacy and language-based learning disabilities including dyslexia. AIM, with its AIM Institute and AIM Academy, a coeducational, independent school located just outside of Philadelphia dedicated to providing extraordinary educational opportunities to children in grades 1-12 with language-based learning disabilities, is an education partner in the Haskins Global L2 (Language & Literacy) Innovation Hub with Haskins Laboratories, formally affiliated with University of Connecticut and Yale University. AIM is leading the way in evidence-based strategies for student success and empowers teachers with evidence-based knowledge and practice so that they can achieve the best outcomes for students.